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EXECUTIVE  DEPARTMENT,  >< 
Richmond,  Dec.  30,  1361.      S 

To  the  President  of  the  Confederate  Congress :: 

Sir: — I  herewith  transmit  to  the  Congress  a  communica- 
tion from  the  Secretary  of  War,  with  the  estimate  of  certain 
additional  appropriations  therein  mentioned. 

JEFFERSON  DAVIS. 


CONFEDERATE  STATES  OF  AMERICA,  j 

War  Department,  > 

Richmond,  27th  December  1861.      ) 

Sir  : — I  have  the  honor  to  submit  through  you  to  the 
Congress,  the  following  estimate  of  additional  appropriations 
required  by  this  Department,  in  consequence  of  recent  legis- 
lation : 

1 .  For  bounty  and  transportation,  or  for  com- 

mutation thereof,  for  150,000  men,  un- 
der the  act  providing  for  re-enlistment 
of  twelve  months'  men,  as  per  enclosed 
statement  of  Quartermaster  General, 
fourteen  millions,  seven  hundred  thou- 
sand dollars,  $14,700,000 

2.  For  expenses  under  the  act  for  recruiting, 

recently  passed,  one  hundred  and  fifty 

thousand  dollars,  150,000 

3.  For  salary  of  Assistant  Secretary  of  War 

to  1  st  April  next,  eight  hundred  dollars,  800 


Total,  $14,850,800 


Fourteen  millions,  eight  hundred  and   fifty  thousand,  eight 
hundred  dollars. 

Your  obedient  servant, 

J.  P.  BENJAMIN, 
Secretary  of  War. 
To  the  President. 


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